Automobile heat distributor



Jan. 19

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Appllcatiog filed June 25, 1923. Serial No. 647,665.

Totall whom it mo concern:

Be it known hat I, RALPH CHARLES KIRCH, a citizen of the United States, resid;

ing at Keokuk, in the count of Lee and 6 State of Iowa, have invente certain new anduseful Improvements in Automobile Heat' Distributors; and I do declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it. appertains to make and use the same.

hly' invention has for its object to provide an e'xtrenfely simple and inexpensive, yet a highly eflic'ientand desirable automobile heat distributor which will receive its heat from" the exhaust manifold and distribute it uniformly in the body of the car, regardless of the fact that the heater is located in one front corner of the body, directly behind scription. being supplemented by the a'ccoin I Figure 1 is an elevation'part in section, showmg the application of my invention to an automobile. Y '5 Fig. 2 is a plan view of the heat register which distributes the heat in the body. a 1

Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical transverse'sec-" tional views as indicated by lines and i -4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 1s a side elevation of the heater as looking in the opposite direction from Fig.-

1 As seen clearly m F1g.f7, this plate 15 of Fig. 6 isa horizontal'sectional view "as indicated by line 6-6 of Fig; 3.

Fig. 7 .is a vertical sectional view on line i to 7---'( of Fig. 6.

I direotly behind the exhaust. manifold 2.

The cylinder 1 is provided at its frontside witha heat inlet nipple 3 which communicates with a neck 4 on the rear'end of an elon ated hood 5 which extends over the manifold 2 and may be secured in place by the usual clamps 6. The front-end of the hood 5 is open so that tlg well known motor .fan 7 will direct a rearward current of air through said =lioodt0 be heated by contact 5 with the manifold}, the heated air being discharged from the cylinder 1 which is of novel form to insure even distribution in the machine.

The rear and lower portions of the cylmder 1 are provided substantially throughout their lengths with a plurality of heat escape openings 8 which direct the main lt ot air currents over the foot-boards of he machine. The cylinder is necessarily placed adjacent oneside of the body, in order that 1t may 'be directly. behind the manifold 2 and 1 hot air' were allowed toescape uniformly fromJboth ends of said cylinder, the machine would be unevenly heated. I therefore restrict the end of the cylinder ad jacent saidmne side-of the body, by providmg it with a pair of flanges or webs 9- or ti'rel 0 m andthus agreater amount of heat discharged from this end and the diswill tribution ofheatgin} the body will be substantia11 .uniform; I lForfl controllin the entrance of heat throhghthenipp e 3, I provide an'arcuate -da1n rll whichjcontacts yieldably and ."slida 1y with "the: inner sideof; the cylinder 1, said 'damper 'plate being provided with an operating rodf12, apportion of which extends throughjga longitudinal slot 13 inthe upper si eiof'gthe cylinder; 1. The

tion, but' to prevent possibility of rattling.

insufiicientcwidth to obstruct any of the heat escape opemngs 8.

closed, an exceptionally simple and inexdamper-plate His more orless resilient and By-providing the novel construction dispensive heat distributor is provided, yet

one, which will be veeflicient and will not only'heat by circulation of hot' air, but by radiati0n, as' the cylinder 1' becomes heated from the hot air passin therethrough.

As excellentresults ave been obtained from the details disclosed, these details are preferably followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes mayfbe made. i

I claim-#- r 1 A motor vehicle heat distributor comprising a: hollow elongated cylinder for transverse disposition in the trout end of a vehicle body near one side of the latter,

said cylinder having a restricted o'l sen end for choking. down discharge of heat ad jucent said one side of the body and having ltS other end open and relatively unrestrict- 6 ed for dischargin a greater amount of heat toward the otlier side of the body, the front side of said cylinder having a hot air inlet and the rear and lower sides thereof being provided with heat escape openings I substantially.throughout its length.

2. A structure as specified inclaim i; said cylinder having a longitudinal slot, an

contacting with the inner side of said ey inder for controlling saidhot air inlet, and an operating-knob for said damper plate passing outwardly dam r filate belng'bf insufiieient width to 0 struct any of said heat escape openin r i testimony whereof I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

RALPH CHARLES KrRCH.

a arcuate damper plate slidably and yieldabl throughsaid slot, said 

